how to use their military skills in the civilian world. cbs 5 reporter sharon chin shows us a program you can call basic training 2.0. >> reporter: for iraq war veteran david norman, this is basic training like no other. the san jose state business student could be an entrepreneur by sunday night. >> it's really great to see that companies in the silicon valley supporting us through that. and being able to give us the tools that we need to succeed. >> reporter: the three day event going on this weekend at san francisco's adobe offices is a hack-a-thon hosted by vets in tech. they train veterans returning from iraq and afghanistan for technology jobs. tonight dozens of veterans learned programming codes. >> we also want to teach design. marketing, how to write a business plan. how to do a presentation. there's so many things that you need in to be in the tech industry besides coding. >> reporter: during the hack-a- thon veterans and techies pitch ideas and team up to turn the concept into a company. in the tech industry in san francisco alo